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Historical Event on 8/29/1993
Tamil refugees leave Madras for Sri Lanka apparently on their own free will.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/24/1777 | Sarfoji Bhosle, king of Tanjawar, was born. |
| 10/17/1906 | Swami Ramtirtha, great social reformer and poet, died at the age of 33. |
| 1/20/1939 | Nalin Chandra Wickramasinghe, great Indian astronomer, was born. |
| 6/12/1997 | Jain hawala case dropped against former ministers Kamal Nath, B.D. Dhakne, Chand Ram and Bhuta Singh. |
| 2/25/1995 | Bomb attack on a train in Assam; 27 soldiers killed. |
| 4/8/1953 | Walchand Hirachand, great Industrialist, passed away. |
| 8/22/1980 | Kishor Shahu, actor and director, died. |
| 8/28/1896 | Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavathar, great musician and Padma Bhushan awardee, was born at Chembai in Kerala. |
| 9/2/1956 | Collapse of a RR bridge under a train kills 120 (India). |
| 9/24/1629 | Jacques Specx appointed Governor General of Dutch-Indies. |
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